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Title: Beverly Bergeson oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Bergeson, Beverly J. (Beverly Johnson), 1917-1998
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Older people--Care, Families, Leisure
Description: Beverly Bergeson discusses growing up in Jamestown, New York during the Great Depression and how the decades prior to World War II impacted her life. Topics discussed include her work with the elderly and the overall changing dynamic of families, ...

Title: Ella F. Kelly oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Kelly, Ella F. (Ella Fielding), 1907-1991
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Families, Farm life, Agriculture, Manners and customs, Rationing
Description: Ella F. Kelly recounts her experience growing up on her father's farm in rural Georgia. Topics discussed include her daily chores and the overall value of farm life, dating and social engagements within the community, and the sustainability o...

Title: Ernest Henderson oral history interview, 2004 March 9
Creator: Henderson, Ernest, Sr., 1917-2011
Date Created: 2004-03-09
Subjects--Topical: Families, Family farms, Farm life, Molasses, African American schools, Segregation in education, Segregation, Military education, Air pilots, Military, African American air pilots, Flight training, Armed Forces, War
Description: Ernest Henderson talks about his experiences as an African American growing up in Mountville, South Carolina during the 1920s and later serving in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor during World War II. Mr. Henderson describes attending hig...

Title: Faith McConnell oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: McConnell, Faith, 1902-
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: School children, Farm life, Families, Teachers, Rural schools, Education, Rural
Description: Faith McConnell shares her memories of growing up on a farm in York County, South Carolina during the early twentieth century. She describes details of her home life, including her family's use of an ironing pot and an ash hopper to make lye soap ...

Title: Floyd Simmons oral history interview 1, 2004 March 18
Creator: Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
Date Created: 2004-03-18
Subjects--Topical: Families, Rich people, Families--Economic aspects, Depressions, Businesspeople, Small business, Masculinity, War, Military education, Armed Forces
Description: In this first of three interviews, Floyd "Chunk" Simmons describes growing up during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina in a wealthy family that owned a construction company. Mr. Simmons talks about the consequences of the Great Dep...

Title: Garneau, Jacqueline [1] oral history Interview 1996-12-19
Creator: Garneau, Jacqueline
Date Created: 1996-12-19
Subjects--Topical: Families, Spirituality
Description: Jacqueline was moved around to various foster homes and literally brought her two younger siblings up as her own children. She discusses the strong influence her grandfather played in her life and the many teachings he blessed her with that still ...

Title: Garneau, Jacqueline [1] oral history Interview 1996-12-19
Creator: Garneau, Jacqueline
Date Created: 12/19/96
Subjects--Topical: Families, Spirituality
Description: Jacqueline was moved around to various foster homes and literally brought her two younger siblings up as her own children. She discusses the strong influence her grandfather played in her life and the many teachings he blessed her with that still ...

Title: Jeanne DeArmon Bates oral history interview 1, 2005 May 26
Creator: Bates, Jeanne DeArmon, 1912-2012
Date Created: 2005-05-26
Subjects--Topical: Families, Genealogy, Education, Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Gold mines and mining
Description: Jeanne DeArmon Bates discusses life in Charlotte, North Carolina and her husband's family's role in the development of Charlotte. She talks about her early life moving from Pensacola, Florida to Columbus, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Baltimor...

Title: Marion W. Boyd oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Boyd, Marion W. (Marion Woods), 1911-2007
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, African Americans--Education, Manners and customs, Families, Quakers--Education
Description: Marion W. Boyd discusses her experiences teaching throughout North Carolina and the challenges she faced as a result of graduating college during the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include family relations, her Quaker education, regional...

Title: Sarah Alexander oral history interview, 2000 February 3
Creator: Alexander, Sarah Land, 1913-
Date Created: 2000-02-03
Subjects--Topical: Teachers, Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Family farms, Farm life, Cotton growing, Tenant farmers, Dairy farms, Barns, Dairy barns--Design and construction, Dairy barns, Farm equipment, Education
Description: Sarah Land Alexander Sr. and her daughter, Sarah Land Alexander Jr., talk about their lives and the history of the Alexander family farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Alexander Sr. describes how she met her husband, William Tasse 'Bill' Alexa...

Title: William T. Alexander oral history interview 1, 1992 Spring
Creator: Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
Date Created: 1992
Subjects--Topical: Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Carriages and carts, Christian life, Plantations, Family farms, Cotton, Freedmen, Farm life, Education, Livestock, African Americans--Segregation, Sharecropping
Description: In this first of three interviews, William T. Alexander describes growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina in the Mallard Creek Church region during the early twentieth century and how the area changed over time. Mr. Alexander's ancestors were some...